Creative Ways to Transform Your Church Worship | Interview with Executive Pastor Ben Stapley
Phil Cooke Podcast
Church doesn’t have to be boring! In this interview, Phil Cooke talks with Executive Pastor Ben Stapley of Zarephath Christian Church to uncover creative, practical ways to revitalize your worship experience. Whether you're running a traditional or contemporary church service, these creative strategies will boost engagement, improve sermon retention, and help your congregation connect with God on a deeper level. 👉 Watch now and transform your creative career!Don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more tips on creative leadership. Enjoying the content? 🌟 Show...
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Technology, Theology, & the Heart of Church Media Production| Interview with Will Chapman
Phil Cooke Podcast
What does it take to thrive in church media ministry? Join Phil Cooke https://philcooke.com for an inspiring conversation with Will Chapman, Online Minister at Cottonwood Creek Church and seasoned media director. Gain valuable insights on church media leadership, team building, communication, and the use of AI for church teams that can help you build an impactful media ministry within your church. 🔥 What You’ll Learn:✅ Bridging the gap between pastors and media teams for better communication✅ Building and training a volunteer media team (why students make the best camera...
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Inside Reality TV and Game Show Careers: Interview | Showrunner Sean Kelly & Editor Matthew McCartie
Phil Cooke Podcast
Ever wondered how reality TV and game show careers work behind the scenes? In this interview, showrunner-producer Sean Kelly and editor-producer Matthew McCartie with host Phil Cooke dive into the fascinating world of television production, sharing insider secrets about working on reality shows, game shows, and the creative process behind some of your favorite unscripted television programs, like Shark Tank, Biggest Loser, and Big Brother. If you're aspiring to break into the industry as a producer, editor, or showrunner, this video offers valuable insights from industry veterans. Find...
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Unlock the Power of Improv! Acting, Team Building & Communication with Kelsey Cooke and Chris Guerra
Phil Cooke Podcast
Improv is not just for actors! Find out how improvisation skills can elevate your ability to land on your feet in any situation as Phil Cooke interviews Kelsey Cooke and Chris Guerra of thisishardtoread Productions and Oddity Improv. Together, they break down the values of improv classes for spontaneity, team collaboration, self-confidence, speaking skllls and for boosting creativity in any environment. Join Chris and Kelsey as they share how improv can change the way you communicate, build teams, and approach creative challenges. 👉 Watch now and transform your creative...
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Best Practices for Using Drones, Cable Cameras and Jibs in Church
Phil Cooke Podcast
Drone cameras, cable cameras (Spidercams) and jibs are showing up more and more in church services. Are they enhancing the worship experience or distracting the congregation? Church media consultant Phil Cooke shares best practices for church media directors and production teams on introducing new technology while capturing God-moments in meaningful ways. 👉 Watch now to gain skills in creative leadership. Get my FREE DOWNLOAD and transform your creative leadership skills when you sign up for my newsletter here: 👉 New MasterclassesChurch on Trial—Crisis Management...
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What Kind of Church Media Director Do I Need?
Phil Cooke Podcast
Media matters! Even if you’re a small church or nonprofit, a qualified church media team can help you get your message out in a more impactful way. If you’re wondering where to start and who to hire first, Phil Cooke shares detailed information on roles, qualifications and even pay scale to help you build a dynamic media team. Excellence matters, and having the right person in the right role for a tech person, media director and media consultant will help you make your media ministry a success. 👉 Watch now to gain skills in crisis management. Get my FREE DOWNLOAD and transform...
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Weather the Storm – Crisis Management Training for Churches and Nonprofits with Phil Cooke
Phil Cooke Podcast
A crisis does not have to break your church or nonprofit organization. In this episode, Phil Cooke offers an overview of crisis management based on his book and masterclass titled, “Church on Trial: How to Protect Your Congregation, Mission, and Reputation During a Crisis.” Find out how to failsafe your ministry from a crisis with leadership tips on vetting employees, creating a healthy work culture, developing a crisis plan, and offering your employees crisis management training. A crisis can be an opportunity to strengthen your church to weather the storm. Get my FREE DOWNLOAD and...
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Making Creative Changes – Releasing Creative Control | Creative Leadership Tips 💡
Phil Cooke Podcast
Leading creative teams and managing projects often means balancing your artistic vision with the needs of clients, audiences, or stakeholders. In this video, Phil Cooke dives deep into how to release creative control while staying true to your creativity and navigating the demands of business culture. Whether you’re a young creative or an experienced leader, understanding the dynamics of collaboration is essential. From graphic design to filmmaking, creativity is often a team effort, and releasing creative control is often part of the process. 💡 Includes Pro Tips for leading creative...
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How to Produce the BEST Christmas Pageant ever! Behind the Scenes of a Successful Church Program
Phil Cooke Podcast
How early is too early to plan your church Christmas pageant or program? In this episode, Phil Cooke shares the “best of” Christmas podcasts for church media directors, choir directors and their teams to produce the best Christmas pageant or program ever! Go behind the scenes of the “The Gift of Christmas” stunning multi-media event as Phil interviews Prestonwood Church creative leaders Michael Neale, Andy Pearson, and Bryan Bailey to discuss the mindset, collaboration and planning of a successful church Christmas program. Then, get Phil’s nine-point church media...
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Crisis Response: Phil Cooke Shares Crisis Management Strategies on The 700 Club
Phil Cooke Podcast
Is your church prepared for a crisis? In this 700 Club Interactive show, host Andrew Knox sits down with Phil Cooke, author of “Church on Trial” to discuss ways churches can effectively respond to a crisis while staying true to the organization’s core mission. Phil offers a proactive and comprehensive approach to crisis management to help leaders respond appropriately to victims and perpetrators while strengthening the church for the future. 👉 Listen now to gain skills in crisis management.Find out more about CBN and The 700 Club here: NEW MASTERCLASS! Church on...
info_outlineHow do you deal with rejection? What do you do after a failure? Phil Cooke https://philcooke.com offers five “next steps” that can be the key to moving past failure and on to success in your career. If you’re in business, media production or content creation – and especially if you’re in the film industry as a filmmaker, actor or writer – you’ll gain new resiliency to help you bounce back from failure and secure your future. Includes bonus tips on having a day job while working towards your dream job.
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Phil Cooke – Media Producer/Writer/Speaker/Coach
Helping Creative Leaders Influence the World
Do you have a message or story the world needs to hear? I offer advice on creative leadership, digital media, branding, marketing, film and television production – and the faith to take you from where you are in your ministry or career to where you want to be.
As a filmmaker, media consultant and co-founder of Cooke Media Group in Los Angeles, my client list includes Hollywood studios, major nonprofit organizations, and many of the most respected churches and ministries in the world. I’ve produced media programming in nearly 70 countries and created many of the most influential inspirational TV programs in history.
My philosophy? Get your ideas out there and change the world in the process.
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*More About This Episode* I’ve Failed. Now What?
Resilience is the ability to come back from failure. If you’ve failed or been rejected, these five steps can be the key to help you move past failure and on to success:
1. Don’t overthink it. Don’t get obsessed thinking about what you could have done better.
2. Don’t take it personally. It’s easier said than done, but learn to separate criticism of the project from criticism of you.
3. Find objective advice. Find another experienced person that you trust and run the project by them for a second opinion.
4. Ask for constructive criticism. At the moment of failure or rejection, keep a cool head and ask for constructive criticism.
5. Don’t let failures derail your dream. It happens! Keep moving forward.
Don’t be afraid to fail, especially if you’re expanding your tent poles. If you’re breaking new ground or trying new things – that’s not the time to be timid! That’s the time to try things, and if you fail, learn from your failures and move on.
Read “A Better Perspective on Failure” at my blog here: https://www.philcooke.com/failure/
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